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has been under the ice for a millennia.you will never find out if you do not explore. >> thank you so much. >> from europa to europe. we cannot leave without showing you the pictures of germany today. homeorld champions return the parade -- home. the parade ended at brandenburg gate. they were not shy about showing off the coveted trophy. that brings the show to a close. you can find more on the news at our website. for more. thanks for watching. see you back here tomorrow. make sense of international news at bbc.com. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation. newman's own foundation. giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good. kovler foundation. union bank. >> for 100 50 years, we have believe that commercial banks owe their clients strength, stability, and security. we believe in keeping lending standards i. -- high. credit ratings high. companies expected that then. companies expect it now. doing right is good business. union bank. >> captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer
has been under the ice for a millennia.you will never find out if you do not explore. >> thank you so much. >> from europa to europe. we cannot leave without showing you the pictures of germany today. homeorld champions return the parade -- home. the parade ended at brandenburg gate. they were not shy about showing off the coveted trophy. that brings the show to a close. you can find more on the news at our website. for more. thanks for watching. see you back here tomorrow. make...
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over millennia, this progressively destroyed the region's fertility. when this happens over an area as extensive as the plateau, millions of tons of silt are swept down into the yellow river, which gets its name from the color of the fine loess soil. the mounting quantities of silt clog up the river, impeding its flow, contributing to the floods that give the river another name: china's sorrow. in some areas, creating floating mud mattresses that attract passing tourists, a local problem becomes a national problem. in the dry season, the light unprotected soil is swept up in the winds, causing the dust storms that are blown over china's cities and beyond its borders. on the plateau, the researchers realized that progressive degradation of the environment trapped the local population into a life of subsistence farming. it's a process that has occurred throughout the world where poor agricultural communities find themselves overusing their land in order to survive, depleting its fertility and further impoverishing themselves. one thing that became appare
over millennia, this progressively destroyed the region's fertility. when this happens over an area as extensive as the plateau, millions of tons of silt are swept down into the yellow river, which gets its name from the color of the fine loess soil. the mounting quantities of silt clog up the river, impeding its flow, contributing to the floods that give the river another name: china's sorrow. in some areas, creating floating mud mattresses that attract passing tourists, a local problem...
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Jul 26, 2014
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centuries for zero millennia. it is kind of a given. how much anti-semitism in the world, we had an air wycherley was from the late '40's to the late 60's, the six day war as the epitome of that. you would think when there was not a war just in popular culture the novel exodus was published in the 1950's was the best selling novel and the united states since gone with the wind. then it went on to be translated into other languages and became a best seller and many other cultures. so they just did not seem to me that anti-semitism was a very good explanatory variables for how we got from thursday's to today. and one other problem with anti-semitism, i thought about the many problems that i was talking about in this overall argument. i thought about this one that was published first of a paper and that a book. and, thought it -- it was all quite nasty. when i read it i thought, this really reeks of anti-semitism in the paper that preceded the book so right at the beginning they serve, we may be called anti-semites, but far from it, not on
centuries for zero millennia. it is kind of a given. how much anti-semitism in the world, we had an air wycherley was from the late '40's to the late 60's, the six day war as the epitome of that. you would think when there was not a war just in popular culture the novel exodus was published in the 1950's was the best selling novel and the united states since gone with the wind. then it went on to be translated into other languages and became a best seller and many other cultures. so they just...
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. >> many millennia also who rains from 19 to 34 will likely manage a great deal of money in the cominges. by 2018, they'll control $9 trillion in assets, according to a study by deloyalty. that numb her will likely continue to grow. they also stand to inherit in $36 trillion, according to boston college on wealth and philanthropy. as a result of this vast amount of potential wealth, investment habits is being studied closely. several recent surveys show mill lennial hold significantly more cash than any other generation, similar to the world war ii generation that came of age during the great depression -- 52% are sitting in cash with less than one third of their assets in equities. this statistic is very troubling. it's directly counter to the long-term investment advice you hear from many wealth managers. the path they may be taking is long and winding. overjammed with student loan and credit card debt, so piling their money in cash won't help them easily reach their savings goal there. >> sharon, hang on. we're going to bring in michael parry goodell, also author of "jumpstart your
. >> many millennia also who rains from 19 to 34 will likely manage a great deal of money in the cominges. by 2018, they'll control $9 trillion in assets, according to a study by deloyalty. that numb her will likely continue to grow. they also stand to inherit in $36 trillion, according to boston college on wealth and philanthropy. as a result of this vast amount of potential wealth, investment habits is being studied closely. several recent surveys show mill lennial hold significantly...
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there have been christian communities in iraq for two millennia and despite promise from the government to protect them, they can't do anything where the islamic state has power. so many have fled mosul, gone to areas more protected by the kurds, but even there, the islamic state has a serious reach, cutting off water to those areas. we have another humanitarian crisis growing among the christians in iraq. >> that is nothing new. at the time of the u.s. invasion, there were about 1 million iraqi christians. that community is less than half what it was at that time, and now, even among that small number, maybe 450,000, a great many of those still are displaced within iraq. several hundred more coming out of mosul. >> the islamic state has been brutal with these people, first muslim employers had to fire all the christians, then threatened with execution. the pope has condemned what is going on, so is the secretary general, but is anyone doing anything? >> absent a desire to reinvade iraq, there is really nobody in a position to do anything at this point. certainly, the islamic extremists
there have been christian communities in iraq for two millennia and despite promise from the government to protect them, they can't do anything where the islamic state has power. so many have fled mosul, gone to areas more protected by the kurds, but even there, the islamic state has a serious reach, cutting off water to those areas. we have another humanitarian crisis growing among the christians in iraq. >> that is nothing new. at the time of the u.s. invasion, there were about 1...
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the hedgerows have been deliberately cultivated by norman farmers for at least two millennia, dating back to roman times. used to delineate whose field was whose and to have kind of a border area. you can see -- you probably have deeply rooted trees, foliage, .eeply packed earth the soil is very moist, very much the consistency of clay, very adhesive. is beautiful soil, but obviously, it is very fermentable. for any attacker who is hoping to deal with it. this is kind of a present-day look at how confining this would be. the kind of a claustrophobic effect to this? your visibility is limited. you are in the middle of this green, and you often sense just how thick some of these hedgerows are until you are right upon them. in that kind of circumstance, you can imagine it would be difficult to manipulate and maneuver units to know what is going on even a quarter of a mile away and to have any kind of sense of what the german opposition might be. you can also sense that any opening in the hedgerows is going to be covered by german weaponry. how are you going to move and take land and man
the hedgerows have been deliberately cultivated by norman farmers for at least two millennia, dating back to roman times. used to delineate whose field was whose and to have kind of a border area. you can see -- you probably have deeply rooted trees, foliage, .eeply packed earth the soil is very moist, very much the consistency of clay, very adhesive. is beautiful soil, but obviously, it is very fermentable. for any attacker who is hoping to deal with it. this is kind of a present-day look at...
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when you think that that 170-300 parts per million range has lasted for thousands of year, for millennia, for longer than our species has been on the planet, the fact that we're suddenly outside of that range is a signal that ought to call our attention, and that's what they are referring to. i'll continue. the oceans have taken up approximately 28% of the total amount of co2 produced by human activities over this time frame, causing a variety of chemical changes known as ocean acidification. the rapid change in ocean chemistry is faster than at any time over the past 50 million years. they go on to say towards the end of the report that one of the choke point areas, what they call the first bottleneck, the first bottleneck would primarily affect villagers and larvae, which are early stages of the shell before the shell is hardened. the larvae is when it's little. the villager is when it has a shroud around it but not yet a shell that helps it to move and consume food. the first bottleneck would primarily affect villagers and larvae, life stages where complete shell dissolution within th
when you think that that 170-300 parts per million range has lasted for thousands of year, for millennia, for longer than our species has been on the planet, the fact that we're suddenly outside of that range is a signal that ought to call our attention, and that's what they are referring to. i'll continue. the oceans have taken up approximately 28% of the total amount of co2 produced by human activities over this time frame, causing a variety of chemical changes known as ocean acidification....
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you know, by any standard that you can think of, including looking back at history for multiple millennias, the last years or so have been pretty damn tough in terms of the incidents of serious, if not systemic financial shocks both here in the united states and around the world. and if you do, as i have, some comparisons and you look at the number of series financial crises that have occurred in the 30 years leading up to the panic of 1907, the fact of the matter is we've had more in the last 30 years than they had in 30 years leading up to the panic of 2007 which, by the way it was that panic that ultimately created the federal reserve. so it's been a rough go. one of the things that nags at me is the following. did we do such a good job of managie inall of these cry says that created such a fathers and mothers sense of security that we'd al we'd always be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat until 2007 and 2008? i guess i'm not smart enough to know the answer to that question. we've got to have a much more creative framework of thinking. people love to talk about c contained risk or a sys
you know, by any standard that you can think of, including looking back at history for multiple millennias, the last years or so have been pretty damn tough in terms of the incidents of serious, if not systemic financial shocks both here in the united states and around the world. and if you do, as i have, some comparisons and you look at the number of series financial crises that have occurred in the 30 years leading up to the panic of 1907, the fact of the matter is we've had more in the last...
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we have programs in this country, the millennia -- millennium challenge program, partnership for growth operating in el salvador, the central american regional security initiative and if we have programs that were intended to deal with some of these issues. if i could just point out the most successful program initiated to deal with a global problem that affected our country was where we had significant resources identified with the u.s. initiative that made a consequence will -- consequential difference. what does it take to have that type of effort for safety of children in honduras and of salvador and guatemala? how can we change these programs is free are going to spend over three and a half billion end clearly have made the case that these funds are needed, we would like to be able to at least start down the path of the united states using its international development assistance to keep children safe and these three countries. quite frankly, i have not seen that from the administration. what does it take? >> thank you very much for that. i appreciate the larger point, which is an
we have programs in this country, the millennia -- millennium challenge program, partnership for growth operating in el salvador, the central american regional security initiative and if we have programs that were intended to deal with some of these issues. if i could just point out the most successful program initiated to deal with a global problem that affected our country was where we had significant resources identified with the u.s. initiative that made a consequence will -- consequential...
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. >> you know, what we have to remember is that our bodies have evolved over millennia.t that so much food is around is a relatively recent phenomenon in the evolution of people. so, you know, your body is telling you, you have hormones that say, you need to store energy. there are hormones that will respond to sugar, to salt, to burned fats. there's a good reason why that plate of french fries smells a whole lot better than the splat of spinach. and so a lot of ways our modern life has driven these. what we have to do is adopt our modern life now to thinking about that. you know, how much nutrition are we educating our children about? do we still have mandatory physical education in our schools? you know, a chair something called a ceo roundtable on cancer, which engages employers to introduce preventive care in the workplace. so there are a number of things we can do. how we design our cities. how easy it is for people to take stairs, to walk, to bicycle. these are the things that we all have to take into account, it's a community-based effort. we tend to beat ourselve
. >> you know, what we have to remember is that our bodies have evolved over millennia.t that so much food is around is a relatively recent phenomenon in the evolution of people. so, you know, your body is telling you, you have hormones that say, you need to store energy. there are hormones that will respond to sugar, to salt, to burned fats. there's a good reason why that plate of french fries smells a whole lot better than the splat of spinach. and so a lot of ways our modern life has...
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even though this was a regional , tribal country, had been for millennia. that was a mistake that was not the obama administration's. that happened before president obama took office. but from those i talked with, they could see problems and i believe if there had been a president bush clone, he'd have been willing to admit we needed a change, but the new president accepted afghanistan with its top-heavy government, where the president can appoint the governors, appoint the mayors, appoint the police chief, appoint the highest level teachers, appoint a slate of ig portion of the legislature, incredible powers. if you were looking for a formula that would help you create corruption, we helped provide it to the afghans. if you were looking for an environment that could be created that would encourage corruption, we helped provide it to the afghans. well, everybody makes mistakes. but the important thing is, after you've made them, recognize them and correct them. and instead, this administration came in and really doubled down and bet on the top-heavy, corrup
even though this was a regional , tribal country, had been for millennia. that was a mistake that was not the obama administration's. that happened before president obama took office. but from those i talked with, they could see problems and i believe if there had been a president bush clone, he'd have been willing to admit we needed a change, but the new president accepted afghanistan with its top-heavy government, where the president can appoint the governors, appoint the mayors, appoint the...